How can BAL help?

Communicate proactively and responsively.
Deliver actionable, real-time information.
Ensure my employees have an exceptional experience.
Make my immigration program an engine of growth.

Technology

A single global platform
Real-time information
Configurable and complete reports delivered in minutes

Resources

Government Strategies - working with the U.S. government on your behalf
BAL Community - a network of your peers
Advisor - information to empower your foreign national employees

Legal expertise

40-plus years of experience
A singular focus on immigration
More than 1,000,000 visa and permanent resident applications successfully executed

Services

Program and policy optimization
Research and comparative analysis
Auditing and compliance
Passport and consular services

Technology

A single global platform
Real-time information
Configurable and complete reports delivered in minutes

Resources

Government Strategies - working with the U.S. government on your behalf
BAL Community - a network of your peers
Advisor - information to empower your foreign national employees

Legal expertise

40-plus years of experience
A singular focus on immigration
More than 1,000,000 visa and permanent resident applications successfully executed

Services

Program and policy optimization
Research and comparative analysis
Auditing and compliance
Passport and consular services

Technology

A single global platform
Real-time information
Configurable and complete reports delivered in minutes

Resources

Government Strategies - working with the U.S. government on your behalf
BAL Community - a network of your peers
Advisor - information to empower your foreign national employees

Legal expertise

40-plus years of experience
A singular focus on immigration
More than 1,000,000 visa and permanent resident applications successfully executed

Services

Program and policy optimization
Research and comparative analysis
Auditing and compliance
Passport and consular services

Technology

A single global platform
Real-time information
Configurable and complete reports delivered in minutes

Resources

Government Strategies - working with the U.S. government on your behalf
BAL Community - a network of your peers
Advisor - information to empower your foreign national employees

Legal expertise

40-plus years of experience
A singular focus on immigration
More than 1,000,000 visa and permanent resident applications successfully executed

Services

Program and policy optimization
Research and comparative analysis
Auditing and compliance
Passport and consular services

Click any square to explore how our unique oneBAL structure enables us to bring together best-in-class technology, world-class resources, legal expertise and comprehensive services into customized solutions for every client.

BAL will create a custom solution to improve efficiency, accuracy and user experience, proactively assessing and responding to the impact of changes in the immigration landscape so you can remain focused on the success of your program.

Confident decision-making starts with confidence in your information. BAL gives you complete visibility into your entire program and real-time data that everyone in the process can trust to make decisions and plan strategically.

Only BAL has the technology, resources and expertise to deliver exceptional customer service. We’re continuing to develop new ways and assets to improve the experience of everyone involved in the corporate immigration process.

We are preeminent attorneys in the field of corporate immigration. But we view our role as more than simply providing legal expertise and services. We create solutions that go beyond your legal needs to maximize your program’s contribution to the success of your company.

Technology

Cobalt® serves as a single source of truth for your program, proactively delivering reminders, communications and how-to guides to stay ahead of upcoming deadlines. Our in-house technology team implements changes and processes updates faster than anyone else in the industry.

Cobalt frees you to focus on your program by:

  • Streamlining time-consuming processes, redundant tasks and errors.
  • Reducing the manual work of consolidating multiple sources.
  • Providing a single, secure channel for the transmission of information.
  • Giving you 360º visibility into your program that allows you to make better informed decisions more quickly.
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Resources

Offering you more than just legal expertise and services, our best-in-class resources are available to every client, including:

  • On-demand access to a dedicated Government Strategies team that provides early insight on upcoming legislation, allowing you to react before it disrupts your program.
  • News to keep you and your foreign national employees up to date with information that allows you to make timely decisions in the ever-changing immigration landscape.
  • Regularly scheduled collaboration sessions with peers and benchmarking reports delivered by BAL Community.
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Legal expertise

For more than 40 years, BAL has focused on one thing: corporate immigration law. That unrivaled depth of experience enables us to go far beyond preparing visa and work permit applications.

We accurately and confidently identify ways to maximize the efficiency of your program, then use our legal expertise to develop proactive solutions to increase your program’s success or creatively address any unexpected issues.

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Services

Delivering exceptional service requires more than cookie-cutter processes. BAL customizes a solution to proactively meet your program’s needs from our comprehensive portfolio of services, including:

  • Immigration compliance to ensure your program is fully operational and compliant with legal requirements.
  • Policy and program optimization to provide strategic assistance and guidance on your overall global mobility management.
  • Consular services to successfully execute quick and efficient filings around the globe.
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Technology

Confident decision-making starts with reliable information. Cobalt® delivers 24/7, real-time visibility into individual case status and overall program performance. Reports and dashboards are always accurate and configurable to your specific program. BAL clients possess the information and certainty to make decisions to run an exceptional immigration program.

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Resources

Based on best practices developed over decades and continuously refined, our immigration experts have created a suite of resources to empower you with the knowledge, benchmarking and relationships to make decisions confidently.

  • Daily news alerts from the BAL News team, deliver fast, timely updates and analysis of the latest immigration updates from around the globe.
  • BAL Community harnesses the power of peer-to-peer collaboration and benchmarking to exchange proven practices that enhance immigration programs.
  • BAL’s Government Strategies team delivers early insight into potential policy changes so you better navigate complex immigration matters.
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Legal expertise

For over 40 years, BAL has been singularly focused on corporate immigration law. We've filed over 1,000,000 visa applications, argued hundreds of cases and influenced virtually all immigration legislation in the last three decades.

In a sea of regulations, requirements and deadlines we have the experience and expertise to identify what’s important, and when—whether for an individual case or your program as a whole.

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Services

BAL delivers insights into your program’s performance, and a comprehensive suite of services that drive action to maximize it, including:

  • Auditing and compliance to proactively reduce risks.
  • Consular services with the relationships around the world.
  • Policy and program optimization to deliver an exceptional program.
  • Research and comparative analysis to make more confident decisions.
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Technology

Cobalt® delivers visibility and transparency throughout the entire case management system to reduce confusion and uncertainty—making the immigration process easier for your foreign national employees so they can change the world.

  • 24/7 access to case status and next steps.
  • Self-help content and access to FAQ guides to immediately address common pain points.
  • A robust foreign national dashboard to give them greater insight into, and control over, their immigration case.
  • Personalized and transparent timelines and next steps to increase foreign nationals’ confidence in the process.
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Resources

BAL creates exceptional experiences for your foreign national employees no matter where they are in the world. Our connections and experience allow us to anticipate and help shape legislation that affects your program, and our tools and resources offer your employees more clarity and confidence.

  • Advisor, BAL’s in-house self-help knowledge base, helps foreign national employees understand the latest immigration rule changes and various procedures without having to contact you or your team.
  • Cobalt®, our case management platform, allows for employees to transmit documents and information with confidence across multiple secure channels on a range of devices.
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Legal expertise

We call on over 40 years’ experience to create solutions that improve both mobility professionals’ and their foreign national employees’ immigration experience.

Because BAL only practices immigration law, we have a deep understanding of the human aspects of the process that are often overlooked—the issues that create challenges and the opportunities to make the experience exceptional. And we constantly innovate solutions to minimize the former and take advantage of the latter for all parties involved.

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Services

With 43 years focused on corporate immigration BAL has seen—and handled--virtually every situation. We’ve learned how to support your employees through the entire process, and our comprehensive legal services enable us to meet any need for programs of any scope and size.

BAL consistently delivers some of the highest success rates of any immigration law firm, a reason for confidence for both mobility managers and your employees. And our client satisfaction scores far exceed the industry average, proof that our solutions help create an exceptional experience.

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Technology

No two immigration programs have exactly the same needs. But the professionals managing them have many needs in common: fast and accurate reporting, powerful data analytics and customizable dashboards being just a few. BAL’s Cobalt® case management technology delivers all that and more, enabling you to:

  • Track your entire program and all cases anywhere, anytime.
  • Seamlessly maintain compliance and workforce continuity.
  • Generate reports in minutes instead of hours.
  • Leverage AI and machine learning to more completely and accurately address the large amounts of documentation.

Cobalt gives you the tools to not only maximize your program’s contributions to the enterprise, but to turn it into a competitive advantage to recruit and retain talent.

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Resources

BAL’s solutions enable immigration programs to drive their company’s success with an industry-leading Knowledge Management team and other resources to help you develop programs that are engines of growth.

  • Government Strategies taps BAL’s long standing relationship with the U.S. government to provide early insight on upcoming legislation that will affect your program.
  • BAL Community, the industry’s first interactive network for mobility professionals, allows you to collaborate with peers, benchmark and exchange best practices.
  • Daily news alerts from the BAL, the leading provider of corporate immigration news and information. Our network of over 300 global mobility experts, ministries and consulates and professional associations delivers actionable insights each day.
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Legal expertise

We’ve seen what works and what doesn’t when it comes to corporate immigration. More than that, we have a deep understanding of how and why.

For that reason, BAL strategically considers all the facts of each case to find the best option. This often results time and cost savings for your company and a better experience for your employee.

Our expertise in all visa categories also enables BAL to develop creative solutions if one avenue is unsuccessful, maximizing your immigration program’s contribution to the total enterprise.

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Services

BAL delivers insights into your program’s performance, and a comprehensive suite of services that let you make confident decisions and put them into action, including:

  • Auditing and compliance to proactively reduce risks.
  • Consular services with the relationships around the world.
  • Policy and program optimization to deliver an exceptional program.
  • Research and comparative analysis to make more confident decisions.
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